Hi everyone,
You may have seen in an old thread that my OH made a new feeder for our buns from a charity shop wine rack:
2017-12-29_02-34-17 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
The problem is that the gaps were quite big, so naughty Ham boy enjoyed digging it all out in one go and then just sitting and peeing/pooping on it. Hardly any got eaten and it just went to waste.
So this weekend, OH added more bars in between, making the gaps a lot smaller but still big enough to be eaten from. This has not deterred Ham, who now instead digs with one paw rather than two and still pulls it out all over the place. A lot of hay is being wasted as a result :/
Can anyone advise a better solution for a hay feeder which doesn't involve so much waste? For 1 it's making things expensive for us, but 2 I'm going to be filling up the compost bin in no time with all this straw.
Any pictures/links to the best kinds of hay feeders? Or else, what do you use for your buns?
Thank you guys
Beapig
You may have seen in an old thread that my OH made a new feeder for our buns from a charity shop wine rack:
2017-12-29_02-34-17 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
The problem is that the gaps were quite big, so naughty Ham boy enjoyed digging it all out in one go and then just sitting and peeing/pooping on it. Hardly any got eaten and it just went to waste.
So this weekend, OH added more bars in between, making the gaps a lot smaller but still big enough to be eaten from. This has not deterred Ham, who now instead digs with one paw rather than two and still pulls it out all over the place. A lot of hay is being wasted as a result :/
Can anyone advise a better solution for a hay feeder which doesn't involve so much waste? For 1 it's making things expensive for us, but 2 I'm going to be filling up the compost bin in no time with all this straw.
Any pictures/links to the best kinds of hay feeders? Or else, what do you use for your buns?
Thank you guys
Beapig